Ghost City China Paris
While the development could accommodate 10 000.
Ghost city china paris. According to the atlantic cities tianducheng has been in the works since 2007. The vice magazine reports that the fake mini paris is now a ghost city. Construction at tianducheng began around 2007. The development is now more or less abandoned giving it an even eerier ghost town feel.
The area however hasn t seen much success yet. You pay 500 euros a month to rent an apartment of 300 square meters with a choice of the view over the vineyards as in montmartre or the basins of versailles. It was meant to be a luxurious gated community resembling paris in every way possible. It opened in 2007 and can accommodate more than 10 000.
Tianducheng or sky capital city is a real estate development modeled after paris complete with its own eiffel tower. The phenomenon was observed and recorded as early as 2006 by writer wade shepard and subsequently reported by news media over the decades often cast in a negative light. Tianducheng chinese 天都城 also called sky city is a housing estate in the suburbs of hangzhou zhejiang province china. Tianducheng is an eerie abandoned city of lights clone.
China began developing this particular mini city back in 2007 around the same time as little london thames and hallstatt with the intention of housing around 10 000 people. The city of tianducheng was created as a replica of the french capital during. As china continues to experience rapid economic growth the government has rushed to urbanize massive rural areas. Its central feature is 108 metre tall 354 foot replica of the eiffel tower and 31 km 2 12 sq mi of parisian style architecture fountains and landscaping.
Construction on tianducheng in china s zhejiang district began in 2007. Dozens of haussmann style buildings lining the avenue des champs élysées and can host 100 000 people. An inside look at china s fake paris london and jackson hole wyoming. This is paris.
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